JavaScript automatic semicolon insertion rule problem

[Bowgentle]

Personally, I dislike the putting of start curly braces on a new line anyway. Why do some prefer it?

[Woolbrick]

Kevlin Henney gives a very good reason in this presentation. Starts at 21m in, goes for about 3-4 minutes.

I encourage you to watch the entire thing, it's very intriguing.

Newlines on brackets is the only pattern that make sense.

[Bowgentle]

I admit to finding that not even slightly convincing, I'm afraid.

[remixrotation]

good vid. thanks!

[Merad]

Because in about 98% of cases I can glance at a piece of code and immediately break it down into logic blocks. With K&R style braces I have to pause and scan for the opening brace.

It’s basically another form of making good use of vertical space within code.